The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-11-30
LOCAL ITEMS.

Germantown yarn eight cents per skeil
at Colby's.
Some grand mark-downs in dress good,
at French's.
Mark down sale of cloasings at W B
Stewards.
one car load of sheep was shipped from
this Station Monday.
Ordway has full line of felts, tassels
and all kinds of fancy work
More of those embroidered Castor
gloves just received at Colby's.
Fine hemstitched handkerchefs fol
% cents at the New York store.
The Woman's Club will meet with Mrs
Geo. Philbrich, Thursday, Dec. LIST.
p. p. Hilton Esq, EX-County Commits.
sioner, of Brighton, was in town last
week.
Curtis has reduced his prices in mili-
merry goods. good time to select new
hat.
Editor Mayo, of the Fairfield journal,
and family ate turkey in Skowhegan
Thanksgiving day.
Special lot of fine brocaded silk hand
kerchief's going at 20 cents. Where ? AT
the New York store.
Somerset Lodge of Good Templars
holds meeting at North Arson, Friday
next, December 2nd.
DIR. d. b. Sawyer and wife, of Lewis
ton passed Thursday with W. X. Shurt-
left and family.
d. Webster Allen and wife of Fair
field were the guests of W. II. Emery and
wife over Thanksgiving.
Mr.. C. S. Wright, our wide.awake cor
respondent for So. Norridgewock, was in
town over the Sabbath
Among other goods George ID, Arnold
managed to dispose of two barrels of
cranberries at his Thanksgiving sale.
L. l.. Walton, Esq, and wife left home
Monday for Boston where Mr.. Walton
has professional business to attend to.
A big stock of ladies gents and chill
drens underwear, hosiery etc, at remark
ably low prices at the New York store.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fuller left homo
Saturday morning for Melrose, Mass,
where they will remain during the winter.
Mr.. w. A. Whitney of the Water Co,
passed greater portion of last week, in
Guiding Thanksg giving, at his home in
Boston.
John w. Dodge and wife of Brooklyn,
N. Y, snd Chas Dodge, of Boston, pass
ed Thanksgiving with their father, Benz
Dodge, Esq.
The building recently moved on to the
Heselton House lot has been lifted up and
is now occupied by Chase 4 Heselton as a
carriage repository.
Messrs Hussey and Conant, who have
for some years been among the solid bus
mess men of Norridgewock, are closing
out the stock preparatory to passing the
winter in California.
Rev. Stephen c. Fletcher, formerly of
this town, who has just commenced his
pastorate at Dexter, spent Thanksgiving
day with his family at the residence Of
Mr.. Pethuel Fletcher in this town.
The Kennebec Log Driving Company
held meeting at Augusta, Monday, to
settle the business connected with the
IIallowel boom, Accounts amounting to
some $50, 900 were adjusted. Messrs VIM.
Philbrick and Omar Clark were there
from Somerset County.
The Rev. G. j. Clark d. ID. will con-
duct the services of the Quarterly meet
ing next Saturday and Sunday at the NJ.
Il. church. Saturday evening, there will
be business meeting, Sunday morning a
Love feast at $50, sermon at 1915 follow
ed by the Sacrament Of the Lords Sup
per.
We commence next week to run our
s page paper to accommodate our holiday
advertisers, and to be enabled TO give our
readers an extra number Of columns OF
reading matter Christmas and New
Years is coming and the REPORTER grcets
its many patrons in advance with a wish
that these days may be merry and happy
ones to them all.
A Pasadena, Cal, paper has an item to
the effect that company consisting of
so families were about to leave NOrridge-
wock for the Pacific coast. This is draw
ing it wild There have enough people
in all reason left Somerset County fer the
mild Pacific shores, but probably not
more than twenty people have gone from
Norridgewock the pre- ent season.
We give in our extra sheet an account
of the meeting of the Board of Trade
Saturday afternoon last. 1t was a good
meeting and things begin to look like
something being done. If our citizen
will only get to thinking about this, anc
look at it candidly they must see tina
this line to Norridgewock has arguments
The proprietors say that undoubtedl,
the greatest opportunity for those wh'
intend to purchase any thing in the DIR.
goods line during the fall and winter, vii
be offered at the Vickery Storehn Skowhe
gan, on Dec LIST and the ten days follow
ing. Thursday will open the great clos
ing out sale of that large and magnitlcen
stock, probably the largest and most CON
plete in all its branches of any ever car
red in Somerset County. We learn fror
the same authority that it will be sol
without regard to cost or value.
The annual business meeting of tn
Alumti Association was held in the llig
school room last Wednesday evening
Vice President, Stella NJ. Foster, Gale
the meeting to order and requested Nj
f. f. Goodwin to preside, which he di
very acceptably. The following wer
chosen officers of the Association for tn
ensuing year: President, r, 7. Patten